NCAA officials on Wednesday are expected to announce penalties involving the Tennessee men's basketball program, and former coach Bruce Pearl and all of his assistants are expected to be hit with "show cause" penalties.

According to multiple reports, Pearl will receive a multi-year "show cause" penalty for his role in the infractions. Former Tennessee assistants Tony Jones, Steve Forbes and Jason Shay all will receive a one-year "show cause" penalty.

Pearl told Sporting News late Tuesday afternoon that he didn't know of the NCAA ruling but expected to learn his fate on Wednesday.

A show-cause penalty can serve as a de facto ban from coaching in college, but it depends on the nature of the penalty. It typically requires any school wanting to hire such a coach to appear before the NCAA infractions committee and explain how the university would ensure the coach's compliance with NCAA rules and any penalties that have been imposed.

Former Indiana assistant coach Rob Senderoff worked at Kent State under a show-cause order that restricted his recruiting duties; he had been hired before the NCAA completed its investigation into former IU coach Kelvin Sampson's staff for impermissible phone calls. Senderoff is now head coach of the Golden Flashes.

Pearl and his assistants are all charged with multiple recruiting violations, and Pearl also is charged with unethical conduct after misleading NCAA investigators about a 2008 cookout at his house attended by a high-profile recruit.

Two teams in the NBA Developmental League, the Texas Legends and Maine Red Claws, have inquired about hiring Pearl . He told Sporting News on Tuesday he has not made a decision on the Texas offer and probably is a few weeks away. He did express an interest in finding broadcast work but did not expect to know his options in that arena until after the NCAA made an announcement on the UT case.

As for Pearl's three assistants, Jones has accepted a job as the head coach at Alcoa High School near Knoxville and Forbes and Shay now coach at Northwest Florida State College.